I ran my Virtual Marine Corps Marathon this past Saturday, October 3, 2020. My virtual marathon experience was a unique one in the best of ways. I had the rare opportunity to run in a very small in person race to finish my fall marathon season. I am happy to report that my race went great. I shared a post on Instagram the day after the race. Link to the post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CF7GOJzHbMA/ Originally the race I participated in, “Boston in the Central Valle

Weekly marathon training recap and setting goals for the Virtual Boston Marathon.

I'm so excited that my training looked a little different this week and I have something new to share instead of, "building aerobic strength." This is the first week that I have gotten into marathon specific workouts and it felt really good to push my body a little more. I ran all 7 days this week and most days were still easy paced miles. I did have a nice, big workout on Wednesday to spice things up. The workout was 10x1k and my goal pace was 3:51 for each 1k repeat. I f

Marathon training recap for the week and comparing WHOOP Strap versus Garmin Performance Condition.

Last Monday, July 20, 2020, the Marine Corps Marathon made the announcement that I had been dreading... the race would not take place in person but go entirely virtual. I knew this would most likely happen, but I was still disappointed when it did. I know moving the race from an in person event to a virtual event is the best decision, but having the hope of an in person race was motivating me to train hard more than I realized. During my hard workout this week I did not have

Week 5 of Marine Corps Marathon training was all about mileage building. Also discussing the Virtual Boston Marathon.